India News: MUMBAI: Ghanshyam Mishra was among millions of Indians who welcomed ‘Tika Utsav,’ a celebration of the mass vaccination programme (April 11-April 14) .
With online registration, a vaccination centre in Dharavi is empty
MUMBAI: Ghanshyam Mishra was among millions who welcomed ‘Tika Utsav,’ a celebration of the mass vaccination programme (April 11-April 14) PM Modi announced. But reality hit home hard last week when Mishra, a rickshaw driver, took a day off from work to queue up outside a vaccination centre, only to be told that he could not get the jab because he was not registered on the CoWin app. He came later, after his college-going son who owns a smartphone booked a slot for him.
Mishra, 50, originally from Jaunpur (UP), can be called privileged among his peers as his family owns at least one smartphone and could get the first dose. Thousands of other poor migrants, daily wagers, domestic help and semi-literate workers at construction sites have not got vaccinated yet because they lack access to smartphones.